Tennessee senator sees cooperation with executive branch as only way to address thorny issues

9:32 PM,
Sep. 14, 2013

Sen. Bob Corker

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Ledyard King
| Tennessean Washington Bureau

You might think someone who excoriates President Barack Obama for his handling of Syria and questions his ability to lead would no longer be interested in dealing with the White House.

But Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who brokered real estate deals in an earlier life, says he'd like to keep working with the president on a raft of thorny issues facing the nation.

"I'm a businessman and I want to solve problems," the former Chattanooga mayor said Friday. "And part of solving problems is working with the folks who are going to play a leading role in helping make that happen, and the White House is going ...